Executive Member

I'm not thinking about those who are savvy enough to monetize religion, I'm wondering about the average okes who aren't employed by a church but still feel the need to force their belief down everyone's throat with great effort.

Expert Member

IMO doesn't matter what god or theory you follow - at the end of the day - some how the universe / life started - by who or what is still a mystery!! so far no theory explains 100% the beginning or purpose of our existence or universe?

Honorary Master

I'm not thinking about those who are savvy enough to monetize religion, I'm wondering about the average okes who aren't employed by a church but still feel the need to force their belief down everyone's throat with great effort.

The answer is crystal clear when you generalise the behaviour. You can apply it to anyone who starts off a conversation like this: "I am a [X]" (insert: vegan, environmentalist, Christian, atheist, LGBTQWTFBBQKKK, Muslim, Republican, DA supporter, Afrikaaner and so on). These people usually live such worthless and uneventful lives that they have to latch themselves onto an ideology or group to make themselves feel important. Thus, them spreading the good news about their new way of thinking strokes their egos.

Something I have noticed is that the people who actually do something meaningful in their lives are the people least likely to engage in this type of behaviour. People who proselytize about their chosen religion (which includes activists for the secular ones) are never productive members of society.

Executive Member

The answer is crystal clear when you generalise the behaviour. You can apply it to anyone who starts off a conversation like this: "I am a [X]" (insert: vegan, environmentalist, Christian, atheist, LGBTQWTFBBQKKK, Muslim, Republican, DA supporter, Afrikaaner and so on). These people usually live such worthless and uneventful lives that they have to latch themselves onto an ideology or group to make themselves feel important. Thus, them spreading the good news about their new way of thinking strokes their egos.

Something I have noticed is that the people who actually do something meaningful in their lives are the people least likely to engage in this type of behaviour. People who proselytize about their chosen religion (which includes activists for the secular ones) are never productive members of society.